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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relaxed mean? 

• RELAXED (adjective)
  The adjective RELAXED has 1 sense:

1. without strain or anxiety

  Familiarity information: RELAXED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELAXED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without strain or anxiety

Context example:

a relaxed and informal discussion

Similar:

degage (free and relaxed in manner)

laid-back; mellow (unhurried and relaxed)

unstrained (not placed under psychological stress)

Also:

unagitated (not agitated or disturbed emotionally)

easy (free from worry or anxiety)

Antonym:

tense (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)

 Context examples 

It can help people reach a relaxed, focused state and help reduce stress and give a sense of well-being.

(Guided imagery, NCI Dictionary)

White Fang tried to draw the thong softly out of his master's hand; but the relaxed fingers closed tightly and Grey Beaver roused himself.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“My father!” cried I, while every feature and every muscle was relaxed from anguish to pleasure.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I could not but see how right he was and the terrible despair of Mina's face became relaxed a thought; there was hope in such good counsel.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

During the procedure, you receive medicines to keep you relaxed.

(Colonoscopy, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Classes were broken up, rules relaxed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This did not serve to recover her, and she lay on her back, on the hard deck, arms stretched out, and whole body relaxed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) I can sit at ease and feel relaxed.

(HADS - I Can Sit at Ease and Feel Relaxed, NCI Thesaurus)

A level of sedation in which a person is very relaxed and may be awake.

(Anxiolysis, NCI Dictionary)

Zilla relaxed her sour mouth long enough to sigh her satisfaction.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)